diff --git a/cactus/skeleton/plugins/highlight_syntax.disabled.py b/cactus/skeleton/plugins/highlight_syntax.disabled.py
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+import re
+import logging
+
+from markdown.preprocessors import Preprocessor
+from markdown.extensions import Extension
+
+from pygments import highlight
+from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
+from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name, TextLexer
+
+def repl(m):
+  formatter = HtmlFormatter(noclasses=False, nobackground=False)
+  try:
+    lexer = get_lexer_by_name(m.group(1))
+  except ValueError:
+    lexer = TextLexer()
+  code = highlight(m.group(2), lexer, formatter)
+  #code = code.replace('\n\n', '\n&nbsp;\n').replace('\n', '\n<br />')
+  return '\n\n<div class="code">%s</div>\n\n' % code
+
+def preBuildPage(site, page, context, data):
+  pattern = re.compile(r'\[sourcecode:(.+?)\](.+?)\[/sourcecode\]', re.S)
+  data = re.sub(pattern, repl, data)
+  return context, data
+        
+
+    
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